Fountain-mop.



I B. H. PUGH.

FOUNTAIN MOP.

APPLICATION FILED 001213, 1910.

1,003,008,. Pa nted Sept. 12, 1911 ZZZ Q, m;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURTON H. PUGI-I, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

FOUNTAIN-MOP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURTON H. PUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Mops, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to fountain brushes or mops, and more particularlyto mops of that type in which the brush material is se cured around ahollow perforated head in order that the water or other liquid may beconstantly conducted to the object to be cleaned.

The present invention may be considered in the nature of an improvementover my prior Patent No. 846,611 dated March 12, 1907.

It has for its objects to improve the shape of the head and thearrangement of open ings, and to provide improved means for securing thebrush material to the head.

With the above objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the complete mop, part of the brush material beingremoved in order to show the construction; Fig. 2 is a side elevation onan enlarged scale of the mop head without the brush material; Fig. 3 isan elevation of the inner end thereof; Fig. 4 is a cross section, on theline 4E4t of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow; and, Fig. 5is a sectional elevation showing the head combined with a slightlymodified form of holder, the section being taken along the line 5-5 ofFig. 4;, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved mop head comprises ahollow body 1 preferably slightly tapering throughout its length andprovided on its surface from one end to the other with a continuousspiral groove. The outer end of the head is closed and is surrounded byan annular shoulder 2 while the inner end is open as will hereinafterappear and is surrounded by an annular shoulder 3. It will be seen thatthese shoulders 2 and 3 are parallel and do not form part of the threadsof the groove.

4: indicates the openings or perforations in the head, which may bearranged in any suitable manner but which are preferably located at thebottom of the spiral groove Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed ()ctober 13, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 588,925.

as will be hereinafter explained. It may be found desirable in someinstances to extend some of these perforations from the bottom of oneconvolution of the groove to the next, as indicated at 1 in Fig. 2.

In order to secure the strip of brush material, hereinafter described,to the head, I cut away part of the shoulder 3, as indicated at 5 inFig. 3, so as to form a projecting stud or button 6. At the other end ofthe head adjacent the shoulder 2, I preferably form an opening 7 bymeans of which the other end of the strip of brush material may besecured to the head.

As shown in Fig. 4- the walls of my im proved head adjacent the openingsare thin by means of internal longitudinal grooves 8. These grooves maybe readily formed by casting and facilitate the flow of water to theopenings as well as making the formation of the openings a matter ofless difliculty.

My improved head is adapted to be secured to a handle or holder, such asindi cated at 10 in Fig. 1. For this purpose the inner end of the headis internally screw threaded so as to receive a correspondingly threadednipple 9 formed on the handle member. I preferably provide in suchhandle a stop cock 11 by means of which the flow of water to the brushmay be controlled and means, such as 12, adapted to be secured to theend of a hose. Instead of the type of handle shown in Fig. l, I mayemploy a stud such as 10 shown in Fig. 5, it being understood of coursethat the nipples and threads on the heads and handles are madeinterchangeable so that the head may be used with either type of handledesired.

The mop is formed of some highly absorbent brush material, such ascotton, indi cated at 14 in Fig. 1. This material is distributed along abinding wire 13 in such a manner as to form a strip or band which may bewound about the head. In assembling, one end of the wire 13 is insertedin the hole 7 and the strip of brush material then wound tightly aroundthe head in the spiral groove, the other end of the wire adjacent theshoulder 3 being secured by being wrapped around the projecting stud orbut-ton 6, such button, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, being formed withundercut edges, which prevent the wire from slipping oil, and serving tohold the brush material in place. At the same time, the wire may bereadily disengaged should it be desired to remove the brush material forthe purpose of cleaning or renewal. It will be observed that the brushmaterial including the binding wire will lie in the spiral groovedirectly over the openings 4: and thus prevent the water from squirtingor flowing too freely, the arrangement being such that the Water iscompelled to seep through the cotton or other fibrous material employed.

From the above it will be seen that in the present design I haveprovided a very simple and eflicient mop head in which the brushmaterial is securely held in place and in which, at the same time,provision is made for readily removing such material and it is thoughtthat the obvious advantages of my improved construction will be readilyappreciated by those familiar with such matters.

What I claim is The combination of a hollow brush head closed at itsouter end, having a continuous spiral groove extending around the same,and perforations located in the bottom of such groove, with a strip ofhighly absorbent brush material wound tightly in said groove andcovering the perforations.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

BURTON H. PUGI-l.

Witnesses:

H. 'W. EULER, S. W. WILSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

